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Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski
...saving seats and banners? maybe FIRST wants to see a more diversified crowd rather than just giant cheering sections dedicated to a team.
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This is a nightmare for chaperones, though. The adults/teachers accompaning the team are going to be held responsible for members of the team, and allowing them to sit everywhere in the stadium is a tough pill to swallow for teachers who've had run-ins with over-protective parents.
I think what they mean is no saving one section for the entire competition. If you save seats for the awards ceremony, big deal!
The noise level in the stands, especially if you are on an alliance with MOE, is near jet-engine levels, so I don't disapprove of the noisemakers ordinance. Also, the pits can be the most stressful place on earth, and loud music and random noise can make anger flare, and that has no place at a FIRST comptetition.
The reasoning behind the no-water-bottle issue is probably less to do with vendors and more to do with worries that some bad apple smuggles in a nalgene full of vodka. However, I challenge everyone to bring water anyway... even Disney allows water because they were once sued over an individual who was hospitalized over heat stroke.